This one amazing study tip saved me countless hours studying for the NBDE
One of my friends in dental school always seemed to do as well as me but without studying nearly as much (don’t you hate those people)! He finally taught me this amazing tip that changed everything for me. And now I'm going to share it with you.
All the information you’re taught can be separated into either a memorization basket and comprehension basket. The more material that you put into comprehension basket, the more you’ll remember. Once you try and understand the reason behind any given fact, it will become so much easier to remember it because then it’ll just make sense to you.
If you’ve even started reading my workbook, then you know that I push you guys to understand instead of memorize. That’s because my number one biggest learning tool is to figure out the why. Science usually works by logic, so use your logic to come up with the why. Once you figure out the why, you’ll never need to memorize that fact again since you’ll remember it because now, it just makes sense. I use this approach all over my book, but you can use it on your own when you’re studying anything in school.
Let’s try it out on a fact that was tricky for me in dental school: Is it the lingual artery or the lingual nerve that’s deep to the hyoglossus muscle?
We know that the hyoglossus connects from the HYOid bone to the tongue (glossus) on both sides. It kind of creates two walls right below the tongue. Any vessel going between these two walls can access the tongue and only the tongue. We also know that the lingual nerve has a lot of jobs - some involve the tongue (getting taste) but others involve glands that are really off to the side (like salivary secretion from the sublingual and submandibular glands). The lingual artery only provides blood to the tongue. Thus, it makes sense that it’s the lingual artery that’s trapped between the two hypoglossus walls because it really only has to go the tongue, in the center of these walls. There’s a small branch off the lingual artery that goes to the suprahyoid muscle, but even this muscle is much more centrally located so it works with our logic. Now this also make it easier to remember that the lingual artery (NOT the nerve) crosses the hypoglossal nerve since we already know the it’s the artery that’s located right in the center below tongue.
Try using this tip today and please share your favorite study tip with your fellow students in the comments below!
- Bansari Send me more free tips!
All the information you’re taught can be separated into either a memorization basket and comprehension basket. The more material that you put into comprehension basket, the more you’ll remember. Once you try and understand the reason behind any given fact, it will become so much easier to remember it because then it’ll just make sense to you.
If you’ve even started reading my workbook, then you know that I push you guys to understand instead of memorize. That’s because my number one biggest learning tool is to figure out the why. Science usually works by logic, so use your logic to come up with the why. Once you figure out the why, you’ll never need to memorize that fact again since you’ll remember it because now, it just makes sense. I use this approach all over my book, but you can use it on your own when you’re studying anything in school. Let’s try it out on a fact that was tricky for me in dental school: Is it the lingual artery or the lingual nerve that’s deep to the hyoglossus muscle?
We know that the hyoglossus connects from the HYOid bone to the tongue (glossus) on both sides. It kind of creates two walls right below the tongue. Any vessel going between these two walls can access the tongue and only the tongue. We also know that the lingual nerve has a lot of jobs - some involve the tongue (getting taste) but others involve glands that are really off to the side (like salivary secretion from the sublingual and submandibular glands). The lingual artery only provides blood to the tongue. Thus, it makes sense that it’s the lingual artery that’s trapped between the two hypoglossus walls because it really only has to go the tongue, in the center of these walls. There’s a small branch off the lingual artery that goes to the suprahyoid muscle, but even this muscle is much more centrally located so it works with our logic. Now this also make it easier to remember that the lingual artery (NOT the nerve) crosses the hypoglossal nerve since we already know the it’s the artery that’s located right in the center below tongue. Try using this tip today and please share your favorite study tip with your fellow students in the comments below!
- Bansari Send me more free tips!
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